Improvement in fastenings foe gloves



ISAG GOLE,5OF BRGOKLYN, NEW YORK.

Letters .Patent No. 78,649, dated June y9, 1868.

' IMPROVEMENT IN FASTENINGS FOR GLOVES.

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'TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONOERN:

Be it known that I, ISAAC COLE, o f the city of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings, in the State of New York, have invented a new and usefullmprovementin Glove-Buttons, or Fastenings for Gloves and other articles; and I do' hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof, enabling those skilled in the art to make and usetho same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specication, in which drawing- Figure l is a plan view of a. pair of glove-buttons made according to my invention, the head of one of the buttons being shown in section in the plane of the line z x of iig. 2.

Figure 2 is an elevation of the apparatus. l

This invention relates to fastenings for gloves and other articles, composed of buttons, one'for each glove, .connected by a chain that is fastened by one end to one of the buttons, and reeved through the other button, the free end ofthe chain being provided with a'knob which prevents it from becoming detached from the button throughwhichfit is reeved.

' The letters a b designate two` buttons, whichare severally composed of a head, e, that forms the upper` part of the button, united by a stemtoa thin disk which forms the lower part of the button, and which disk goes throughthe button-hole of any garment or article to which the fastening is applied, so as to come on the under or innerside of such article. The buttons are `connected to cach other by a chain, d, one end of which is permanently fastened to va'ring that projects from the side ofthe head of the button a. The said chain d is then reeved 1 through the hollow head of button [ageing around a. post, e, which is set vertically in the hollow head in an eccentric position, or, in other words, in a. position at one rside of the axis 'f the head, the size of the c hain being adapted to the dimensions of the cavity in said head, so as to be capable of freely moving therein. The chain enters the hollow head through an opening, h, in its periphery or side, and'goes thence around the post e,

0 and thence out through another opening, k, at the left-hand side of which last-mentioned opening is formcda -narrow horizontal slot,f, whose depth in a. vertical direction is just suilicient to admit any ofthe links of -the chain when presented iatwise to said-slot. The end of said chain is provided with a knob, g, which prevents the chain/ from running entirely through the hollow head, and thereby becomingdetached from said button b.

t When the buttonsfa4 b are to be drawn towards each other, the free end of the chain is drawn in aline parallei, or nearly so, to that portion ofthe chainpwhich is between the buttons, when the chain will move freely through the openings in the periphery or side of the hollow head, and will cause the buttons to approach each other.

. When the buttons are as near together as is required, and it is desired to fix them in that position, the chain is locked by drawing `its free end towards the left, and forcing one of its links atwise into slotf, whereby the chain becomes securely fastened, the preceding and succeeding links, which are at right angles to the link in said slot, and which-consequently present themselves edgewise to said slot, being unable to pass the same.

When it is desired to unfasten the chain, -its free end lis drawn towards the right, observing I'ig. 2, which .movement causes the ila-t link to slide out of said slot, and enter the adjoining opening, through which it is free t-o move inwdrds or outwards, according to the direction the chain is drawn.

The reason for placing the post e eccentrically to the axis of the button is to prevent the button from being` turned around, and to cause the same side thereot to be always presented towards the other button. This result could not be attained if the post were placedin tbc centre of the button, since in that case the friction produced as the chain moved around the post would cause the button tobe revoived about its axis, and the free movement L of the chain through the button would be moreor less hindered.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The glovefastening, consisting ofA buttons a and band chain d, the head of one button being hollow or partly hollow, and within which is placed eccentrically a vertical post, e, and having on its periphery' openings h le, and a contracted s1ot,f, leading into the hollow head, whereby the chain enters through one opening, then around the ecccntric-post, and out through the other opening, both in fastening and un'astening the glove, substantially asdescribed. p 4 In witness whereof, I havchereunto signed my nanie,`- this sixth day of February, 1868.

Y ISAAC COLE.

Witnesses: Y

J. VAN SANrvoonD, Cms. SEYMOUR. 

